Jazz Articles about Cheikh Tidiane Seck

Cheik Tidiane Seck: Timbuktu: The Music of Randy Weston

by Chris May
September 26, 2019

A well-intentioned tribute to the late pianist, composer and pioneer of Maghrebi jazz Randy Weston by the keyboard player Cheikh Tidiane Seck, Timbuktu: The Music of Randy Weston never really gets off the ground. Seck, whose c.v. includes spells with Mali's Super Rail Band de Bamako, Les Ambassadeurs, Salif Keita and Amadou & Mariam, and Senegal's Youssou N'Dour, is a funky player with a firm grip on desert blues, but he is an underwhelming arranger and soloist. The charts are ...